The Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective is a tight-knit community of professional filmmakers in Brooklyn, NY who are dedicated to innovative approaches to filmmaking. The collective comes together through weekly peer workshops to provide sustained feedback and critiques throughout the life of its members' projects. It is the mission of the BFC to inspire groundbreaking films and maximize exposure of the best work from Brooklyn-based filmmakers.

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Lorena Alvarado

Lorena is a director and producer working within the intersection of documentary film and art.

With a focus on personal stories and social issues, she has developed social campaigns for non-profits and NGO's such as the United Nations. Her latests short documentary, Beatrice, was featured on The Atlantic, Wired, among other publications, and broadcasted nationwide on POV.

She was born and raised in Venezuela, received her B.A in Media and Film Studies from Emerson College and most recently concluded a fellowship at Fabrica Research Center in Italy.